Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (3607), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (0524), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (0759), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (3601), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (0545), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (3830), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort (3901), variable size , colour photo

Zwölf Jahre durch den Ort / 1997-2009

In the twelve years that Signe Guttormsen lived in Cologne she regularly photographed the freight trains that went past her studio. When a train rushes by it becomes reduced to coloured stripes, especially when photographed, which, unlike the eye, does not attempt to move with the train.

The images of blurred trains stand in stark contrast to their fixed and clearly defined surroundings. The work itself draws parallels to many of Signe Guttormsen’s works and her practice in general, for instance her use of paint that runs and hardens with time; a controlled randomness.